90308 Prayers to John Bradburne A6_Nre John Bradburne Leaflet 30/01/2014 12:25 Page 1 JOHN BRADBURNE John Bradburne Third Order Franciscan, mystic, poet and friend of lepers. Born in England in 1921, he served with the Gurkhas in Malaya and Burma Prayers during World War II. A Pauline-like conversion led him to become a pilgrim seeker, first with the Benedictines, then the Carthusians, but remained a layman to the end. His search for God’s will led him through England, Europe and the Holy Land, mostly on foot. In 1962 he went to “seek a cave” in Zimbabwe. Instead he found Mutemwa Leprosy Settlement. There he tended a flock of 80 leprosy patients with loving care, laying down his life for them on September 5th, 1979. At his funeral, a pool of blood was seen beneath his coffin. On opening it, there was no evidence where the blood had come from. However, an oversight was revealed: John had not been clothed in th e habit of St. Francis, as is the privilege of members of the Third Order, and had been John’s wish. The habit was found and John was clothed in it. Since his death there have been many signs of his sanctity: reports of miracles, claims of cures, as well as many answers to prayer. More important, many have turned to God through John’s extraordinary example. Strange Vagabond “God’s love within you is your native land. So search none other, never more depart. For you are homeless save God keeps your heart.” (JRB) For further information, donations, petitions and favours granted, contact: THE JOHN BRADBURNE MEMORIAL SOCIETY. P.O. Box 32, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0YB, England. email: [email protected] website: www.johnbradburne.com With ecclesiastical approval © 2014 The John Bradburne Memorial Society All Rights Reserved Registered charity No. 1046483 TM 90308 Prayers to John Bradburne A6_Nre John Bradburne Leaflet 30/01/2014 12:25 Page 3 NOVENA PRAYER TO JOHN BRADBURNE NOVENA PRAYER FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE Dear John you allowed your life to be guided by the Holy Spirit and CAUSE OF JOHN BRADBURNE by Mary your Queen and Mother, and with great generosity you searched unceasingly for God’s will and love. In so doing you Heavenly Father, You led your humble servant, John Bradburne, pleased Him. along the various paths, guiding him to accept the faith taught by the Catholic Church, and finally through the inspiration of the Holy We therefore ask a favour through your intercession, from the Most Spirit, to devote the last ten years of his life to the care of the Holy Trinity - the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit for whom you laid down your life that: lepers at Mutemwa in Zimbabwe. You rewarded his life-long search for God, by granting him his ............................................................................................................ three wishes. You showed him your special Fatherly Love by granting him a deep understanding of the mystery of Your own Not our will but His be done: divine life. You endowed him with an extraordinary love for Mary, Amen the Mother of Your Son, Who gave Her to us as our Mother, at the Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be... foot of the Cross. Love for the Passion of Your Son was seen in his devotion to the Mass, and in his union with Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. His love for Mary was shown by the daily recitation of A PRAYER FOR THE UNIVERSAL RECOGNITION OF the Rosary, and in saying or singing Her Office. THE SERVANT OF GOD JOHN RANDAL BRADBURNE O Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit we adore you We thank You for granting him these favours, and we humbly pray profoundly. You chose John to be a witness of Your Love for the poor that one day he will be recognised for his virtuous life, and will be and unwanted. You ins pired him with a knowledge and love of the declared Venerable by the present Holy Father, Pope Francis. true faith. You gave him a great understanding of the mystery of Your own life, as well as an extraordinary love for Mary, John is an example of self-sacrificing love for the poor and unwanted. Your Mother, which gave him the desire to spread Your love Zimbabwe needs a Saint t o intercede for the needs of its everywhere. people and for the salvation of the country. Knowing that if we ask the Father for anything in the name of His Son, Jesus, He will grant it, we humbly ask that John’s virtuous life We thank You, Heavenly Father, because it pleased You to grant will be recognised and that he will be declared ‘Blessed’, by the him his wish to work with the lepers, a life which was crowned by present Holy Father, Pope Francis. granting him his second wish in choosing to die rather than We also pray for a special favour through his prayer and the to abandon them. His third request was granted after his death, intercession of Mary our Mother that: through an incident which was understood to be the sign of Your own personal love for Your humble servant, and those he cared for. ............................................................................................................ O Mary Immaculate, hear our prayer and grant our petition. And if that which I ask is not in conformity with God’s Glory and Our Father, Hail Mary (three times), Glory be. the greater good of my soul, be pleased to grant me what will secure the attainment of both. Amen. Hail Mary (three times) 90308 Prayers to John Bradburne A6_Nre John Bradburne Leaflet 30/01/2014 12:25 Page 3 NOVENA PRAYER TO JOHN BRADBURNE NOVENA PRAYER FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE Dear John you allowed your life to be guided by the Holy Spirit and CAUSE OF JOHN BRADBURNE by Mary your Queen and Mother, and with great generosity you searched unceasingly for God’s will and love. In so doing you Heavenly Father, You led your humble servant, John Bradburne, pleased Him. along the various paths, guiding him to accept the faith taught by the Catholic Church, and finally through the inspiration of the Holy We therefore ask a favour through your intercession, from the Most Spirit, to devote the last ten years of his life to the care of the Holy Trinity - the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit for whom you laid down your life that: lepers at Mutemwa in Zimbabwe. You rewarded his life-long search for God, by granting him his ............................................................................................................ three wishes. You showed him your special Fatherly Love by granting him a deep understanding of the mystery of Your own Not our will but His be done: divine life. You endowed him with an extraordinary love for Mary, Amen the Mother of Your Son, Who gave Her to us as our Mother, at the Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be... foot of the Cross. Love for the Passion of Your Son was seen in his devotion to the Mass, and in his union with Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. His love for Mary was shown by the daily recitation of A PRAYER FOR THE UNIVERSAL RECOGNITION OF the Rosary, and in saying or singing Her Office. THE SERVANT OF GOD JOHN RANDAL BRADBURNE O Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit we adore you We thank You for granting him these favours, and we humbly pray profoundly. You chose John to be a witness of Your Love for the poor that one day he will be recognised for his virtuous life, and will be and unwanted. You inspired him with a knowledge and love of the declared Venerable by the present Holy Father, Pope Francis. true faith. You gave him a great understanding of the mystery of Your own life, as well as an extraordinary love for Mary, John is an example of self-sacrificing love for the poor and unwanted. Your Mother, which gave him the desire to spread Your love Zimbabwe needs a Saint t o intercede for the needs of its everywhere. people and for the salvation of the country. Knowing that if we ask the Father for anything in the name of His Son, Jesus, He will grant it, we humbly ask that John’s virtuous life We thank You, Heavenly Father, because it pleased You to grant will be recognised and that he will be declared ‘Blessed’, by the him his wish to work with the lepers, a life which was crowned by present Holy Father, Pope Francis. granting him his second wish in choosing to die rather than We also pray for a special favour through his prayer and the to abandon them. His third request was granted after his death, intercession of Mary our Mother that: through an incident which was understood to be the sign of Your own personal love for Your humble servant, and those he cared for. ............................................................................................................ O Mary Immaculate, hear our prayer and grant our petition. And if that which I ask is not in conformity with God’s Glory and Our Father, Hail Mary (three times), Glory be. the greater good of my soul, be pleased to grant me what will secure the attainment of both. Amen. Hail Mary (three times) 90308 Prayers to John Bradburne A6_Nre John Bradburne Leaflet 30/01/2014 12:25 Page 1 JOHN BRADBURNE John Bradburne Third Order Franciscan, mystic, poet and friend of lepers. Born in England in 1921, he served with the Gurkhas in Malaya and Burma Prayers during World War II. A Pauline-like conversion led him to become a pilgrim seeker, first with the Benedictines, then the Carthusians, but remained a layman to the end.